Paul Arblaster

bloomsbury.comThe Siege of Breda, 1624-25Expertly introduced and contextualised by Paul Arblaster, this book presents Herman Hugo's The Siege of Breda (1626). Hugo's text is a classic of Latin Baroque…

Seems almost unreal that this is about to be available. www.bloomsbury.com/uk/siege-of-...

The Belgian Association of Anglicists in Higher Education is having its annual conference on 27 November, on the theme of "Human and human-like voices". Registration now open: uclouvain.be/en/research-...

News in Antwerp 400 years ago: the king of Denmark missing, European repercussions of disturbances in Istanbul, minor actions in Polish Prussia, the Chalais conspiracy, and friction between France and England.

22 Sept

News in Antwerp 400 years ago: heroism under siege in Linz.

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13 Sept

Academic jobs at UCLouvain: jobs.uclouvain.be/PersonnelAca...

11 Sept

News in Antwerp 400 years ago: More about the Battle of Lutter, with editorial commentary on how the war is going.

7 Sept

News in Antwerp 400 years ago: the imperial victory at Lutter, from a first-hand letter with independent confirmation (plus some speculation from Cologne about how things might be going in Polish Prussia)

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7 Sept

UCLouvain looking to hire somebody in Interpreting (should have a doctorate in Interpreting Studies; application deadline noon on 5 November): jobs.uclouvain.be/PersonnelAca...

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7 Sept

Same again in English: jobs.uclouvain.be/PersonnelAca...

28 Aug

Deadline extended to 7 September

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Conference on the theme of "voice" in translating, interpreting, subtitling, signing, literature and linguistics (with particular reference to English). Two more weeks to deadline for the CfP. Please share widely: uclouvain.be/en/research-...

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17 Aug

24 Aug

News in Antwerp 400 years ago: the English navy having victual supply problems, with a boast (30 years after the last execution for heresy) that Protestants in the Catholic Netherlands are a lot better off than Catholics in Protestant England.

Seems almost unreal that this is about to be available. www.bloomsbury.com/uk/siege-of-...

23 Aug

Well, now it supposedly is available. I'll believe it when I have a copy in my hands ...

21 Aug

News in Antwerp 400 years ago: Gustavus Adolphus's invasion of Prussia, Mansfeld's incursion into Silesia, and (unusually) an editorial comment on media literacy.

19 Aug

News in Antwerp 400 years ago: Flemish privateering; the Portuguese recovery of Hormuz ("If the world were a ring, Hormuz would be its jewel"); troop movements in Germany (with the recovery of some of their illicit plunder).

19 Aug

There is a curiosity in this being something like the third time in four years that the Portuguese were reported to have recovered Hormuz. Clearly an elusive place.

17 Aug

12 Aug

News in Antwerp 400 years ago: Ostend privateers, a news roundup from Venice, Mansfeld's march on Silesia, the Peasants' War in Austria, and a Habsburg royal engagement.

31 July

News in Antwerp 400 years ago: movements of troops and diplomats in Italy, the Ottoman Empire, Germany, the Netherlands; religious strife in Holland; and the newly wed Charlotte Stanley, née de La Trémoille (a granddaughter of William the Silent) on her way to England in the middle of a heatwave..

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31 July

@christinekooi.bsky.social came to mind

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30 July

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31 July

News in Antwerp 400 years ago: the Peasants' War in Austria, diplomatic moves in Italy, strange doings in the Baltic, and rumours of war from Hungary.

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15 July

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17 July

News from Brussels 400 years ago: ambassadorial fireworks go awry.

brusselstimes.comInvestigation into damage at Cinquantenaire Park following US July 4th partyThe celebration, marking the 250th anniversary of the United States, took place under the triumphal arch of the Cinquantenaire Park in Brussels.

18 July

Not for the last time: www.brusselstimes.com/2212391/inve...

6 July

News in Antwerp 400 years ago: response to the tax rebellion in Friesland, peasant revolts in Austria and Bohemia, troop movements in Germany.

kuleuven.beLECTIO Summer School 2026: Translations in the Premodern and Early Modern World

25 June

This looks really interesting. www.kuleuven.be/lectio/event...

17 June

News in Antwerp 400 years ago: outbreak of revolt in Upper Austria

8 June

News in Antwerp 400 years ago, including the political take-up of rumours about Buckingham in England, and troop movements in Germany and Italy.

4 June

CfP for a conference in November on "Human and Human-like Voices" (in English language, literature, translation and interpreting): www.uclouvain.be/en/research-...

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15 May

News in Antwerp 400 years ago: those in power in England resist being called to account by Parliament; expectation of good news about the Strait of Hormuz; breaking news of tax riots in Friesland; more on Wallenstein's victory at Dessau.

8 May

News in Antwerp 400 years ago includes a brief notice of George Eglisham's scandalous "Fore-Runner of Revenge", "seemingly printed at Frankfurt" (actually printed in Brussels as part of a disinformation campaign accompanying the 1625-1630 war with England).

theguardian.comLost copy of seventh-century poem in Old English discovered at Rome libraryDublin scholars find 1,200-year-old manuscript of Caedmon’s Hymn composed by Northumbrian cattle herder

29 Apr

Very exciting news. The movement of the Old English original from annotation to main text, where the Latin translation had been centre stage, scratches a Translation Studies itch about paratextual inversion going back 25 years. www.theguardian.com/books/2026/a...

29 Apr

News in Antwerp 400 years ago: a nighttime cavalry encounter between Brabanders and the Dutch.

29 Apr

The choice of image, presumably reproduced from a medieval chronicle or a chivalric romance, seems to align Captain Adriaan Diericx's action with older models of heroism — perhaps appropriate for a cavalry charge unsupported by artillery or musketeers.

22 Apr

News in Antwerp 400 years ago: preparations for war and desire for peace.

15 Apr

News in Antwerp 400 years ago: a naval battle in the Strait of Hormuz.

2 Apr

News printed in Antwerp 400 years ago: wars, rumours of wars, and non-existent peace talks.

Haven't shared one of these here for a while. High hopes for a peace agreement.

22 Aug 2025

Don Fadrique de Toledo's report on recapturing the Brazilian city of São Salvador da Bahia de Todos os Santos from the Dutch, as published in Antwerp 400 years ago today.

22 Aug 2025